cappie Posted September 27, 2008 Share Posted September 27, 2008 A Queensland judge has given a pregnant 12-year-old girl, who has the intellect of a six year old, permission to undergo a late-term abortion. In a landmark ruling, Queensland Supreme Court Justice Margaret Wilson ordered that doctors be allowed to terminate the girl's pregnancy because it was in her best interests. No details were given about the circumstances under which the girl conceived, nor about the father, except that he is believed to live in Queensland. Justice Wilson handed down her decision following an after-hours hearing closed to the public in Brisbane last week, but her finding was not released until Friday. During the hearing, the court was told that the girl, who is 18 weeks' pregnant and in a public hospital, had sought to have her pregnancy terminated and had the support of her parents. The matter was brought before court by state government lawyers, representing the girl's doctors. The court heard that because of the girl's age and mental capacity, neither she, nor her parents, were legally able to give consent for a termination and a court order was required before it could go ahead. It is the first case of its kind in Queensland. The girl's obstetrician told the court the girl had the intellectual capacity of a six-year-old. A psychiatrist who performed a mental status examination found her intellect was in the "very low normal range, possibly even lower". Justice Wilson relied heavily on the opinion of two psychiatrists who told the court the pregnancy would pose serious dangers to her mental health and wellbeing, well beyond the normal dangers of pregnancy and childbirth. They told the court the termination was the only way to avert potential dangers to the girl. Justice Wilson ordered doctors to use the drug Misoprostol to induce labour because at this stage in the pregnancy there was a high risk that other methods could seriously harm the girl. The court was told that her parents had been separated for three years but shared custody. Her mother moved interstate about three weeks ago for work, leaving the girl with her grandmother and father. [url="http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/-/latest/5042503"]http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/-/latest/5042503[/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
princessgianna Posted September 27, 2008 Share Posted September 27, 2008 actually it was in her WORST interest women who go through abortion suffer from at least one of these effect! 1)Alcoholic 2)suicidal thoughts 3) depression and other physical not to mention spiritual,emotional,and mental damages Holy Mother Mary please do not abandon your children! St. Micheal pray for us! Pax! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatherineM Posted September 27, 2008 Share Posted September 27, 2008 My God protect the girl, and her child, and bring swift justice to the girl's abuser. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffpugh Posted September 27, 2008 Share Posted September 27, 2008 Swift justice indeed! Lord, Make Haste to Help this poor girl! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phazzan Posted September 27, 2008 Share Posted September 27, 2008 [quote name='princessgianna' post='1664822' date='Sep 26 2008, 11:30 PM'] actually it was in her WORST interest women who go through abortion suffer from at least one of these effect! 1)Alcoholic 2)suicidal thoughts 3) depression and other physical not to mention spiritual,emotional,and mental damages Holy Mother Mary please do not abandon your children! St. Micheal pray for us! Pax![/quote] You're generalising. Most women who have abortions don't becoming alcoholics, don't commit suicide and don't suffer depression. Must go on to live normal lives. So silly.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balthazor Posted September 27, 2008 Share Posted September 27, 2008 There is just nothing redeeming about this story.......* sigh* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpareTime Posted September 27, 2008 Share Posted September 27, 2008 A 12 year old girl with the [i]mind of a 6 year old[/i]? If anyone deserves the death penalty it is the sick man who took advantage of the poor girl! Not the baby! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doe-jo Posted September 27, 2008 Share Posted September 27, 2008 Mater Christi, ora pro nobis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissyP89 Posted September 27, 2008 Share Posted September 27, 2008 People are so sick. Prayers for this poor girl... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
picchick Posted September 28, 2008 Share Posted September 28, 2008 [quote]During the hearing, the court was told that the girl, who is 18 weeks' pregnant and in a public hospital, had sought to have her pregnancy terminated and had the support of her parents.[/quote] Did anyone catch this? How does the girl seek an abortion yet still have the mental capacity of a 6 year old? The statement made me think that the girl asked for it and no one else. The parents are just there to back her up. How does this get overlooked by these people? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel's angel Posted September 28, 2008 Share Posted September 28, 2008 [quote name='SpareTime' post='1665016' date='Sep 27 2008, 06:38 PM']A 12 year old girl with the [i]mind of a 6 year old[/i]? If anyone deserves the death penalty it is the sick man who took advantage of the poor girl! Not the baby![/quote] Erm, how do we know he also wasn't 12 with the mental age of a 6 year old? We cannot assume this was some adult of average intelligence, preying on a vulnerable child. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmotherofpirl Posted September 28, 2008 Share Posted September 28, 2008 [quote name='Phazzan' post='1664965' date='Sep 27 2008, 01:06 PM']You're generalising. Most women who have abortions don't becoming alcoholics, don't commit suicide and don't suffer depression. Must go on to live normal lives. So silly.. [/quote] [url="http://www.afterabortion.org/news/depressionmsm.html"]http://www.afterabortion.org/news/depressionmsm.html[/url] [url="http://www.abortionfacts.com/reardon/abortion_and_substance_abuse.asp"]http://www.abortionfacts.com/reardon/abort...tance_abuse.asp[/url] [url="http://www.abortionfacts.com/reardon/abortion_and_suicide.asp"]http://www.abortionfacts.com/reardon/abort...and_suicide.asp[/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpareTime Posted September 29, 2008 Share Posted September 29, 2008 [quote name='Noel's angel' post='1665830' date='Sep 28 2008, 04:41 PM']Erm, how do we know he also wasn't 12 with the mental age of a 6 year old? We cannot assume this was some adult of average intelligence, preying on a vulnerable child.[/quote] That's true, I suppose, I just wasn't thinking that there are tons of 12 year old with 6 year old minds around... and how would a 6 year old mind think about sex? I mean I guess it's possible, just seems unlikely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
princessgianna Posted September 29, 2008 Share Posted September 29, 2008 (edited) [quote name='Phazzan' post='1664965' date='Sep 27 2008, 12:06 PM']You're generalising. Most women who have abortions don't becoming alcoholics, don't commit suicide and don't suffer depression. Must go on to live normal lives. So silly.. [/quote] yes they do!!!!! they killed their child!!! Any sane person goes through that! so silly?????? Excuse me?!?! Not only is a child being killed bu having his/her neck twisted as she/he is being born (or in a earlier stage starving to death!!!!!) Women are having their bodies totally screwed up messed with !!!! and they are told to "just deal with it"!!!! Do you think that this is a joke???? Women are treated like animals with NO RESPECT when they have an abortion!!! [url="http://www.nrlc.org/abortion/index.html"]Get the facts!!![/url] Abortion kills and even if there is not a God (which i strongly do) we as a world can not be killing our people like that!!! What if Thomas Edison;s mother decided to abort him???? how about your mother?????? do you still think it is so cool! Abortion hurts women!!!!!!!!!!! Women's rights mean nothing when abortions are done to them!!! Pax~ Edited September 29, 2008 by princessgianna Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Therese Posted September 29, 2008 Share Posted September 29, 2008 Immaculate Heart of Mary, be our refuge! Jesus, have mercy on us! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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